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Descent traced from all biological descendants, regardless of sex and side of the family. / Descent traced from an ancestor, regardless of sex and side of the family of the intervening generations.

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bilateral descent

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bilateral descent

Noun

uncountable usually

Descent traced from all biological descendants, regardless of sex and side of the family. / Descent traced from an ancestor, regardless of sex and side of the family of the intervening generations.

Japanese Meaning

性別や家系のどちらの側からも遡ることができる血統、すなわち両親や祖父母など、家族のどの経路からも受け継がれる血統の概念を示す。 / 介在する世代における性別や家族側の区別に関係なく、一人の祖先から全ての生物学的子孫へと辿られる血統を意味する。